subject: How to Laminate Without a Laminator [print this page] Laminating document and also picture will serve the dual purpose. It will protect a piece by giving it the clear protective covering, and it will make the piece will look more professional. Laminated document may be used as the outdoor signs as the plastic will protect your paper from the elements.
The photos that will be printed on the regular computer paper may be laminated in giving them the similar professional shine for those printed on the photo paper or even developed at the photo store. To help you more, here are some easy steps that you can take in order to laminate without a laminator.
For the first step, you can print your object and then let the ink to get dry before laminating. Your paper must be as smooth as possible in avoiding the air bubbles in the lamination.
For the second step, you need to size your document and then cut the lamination sheets to about one inch wider and also about one inch longer than your document.
For the next step, it is important for you to center your document on a sticky side of the sheet and then smooth down from an edge to another. You can work slowly in order to avoid creating the air pockets and then making sure smoothness.
For the last step, you should place the edge of your second sheet that against the edge of your first sheet with your sticky sides facing one another. After that, smooth your second side down the similar way just like in the last step. Then, trim an excess lamination sheet from around your edge of the piece.
